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A&P Word Forms Set 3
Foreign Word RPSC Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| karyo- | body; megakaryocyte |
| kerato- | horn; keratin |
| kino-/-kinin | to move; bradykinin |
| lact-/lacto/-lactin | milk; prolactin |
| lapar- | flank or loins; laparoscopy |
| -lemma | husk; plasmalemma |
| leuk-/leuko- | white; leukemia, leukocyte |
| liga- | to bind together; ligase |
| lip-/lipo- | fat; lipoid |
| lith- | stone; cholelithiasis |
| lys-/lyso- | a loosening; hydrolysis |
| macr- | large; macrophage |
| mal- | abnormal; malabsorption |
| mammilla- | nipple; mammillary |
| mast-/mastro- | breast; mastoid |
| mega- | big; megakaryocyte |
| melan- | black; melanocyte |
| men- | month; menstrual |
| mero- | part; merocrine |
| meso- | middle; mesoderm |
| meta- | after, beyond; metaphase |
| micr- | small; microscope |
| mono- | single; monocyte |
| morph-/morpho- | form; morphology |
| multi- | much, many; multicellular |
| -mural | wall; intramural |
| myelo- | marrow; myeloblast |
| myo- | muscles; myofilament |
| narc- | to numb or deaden; narcotics |
| nas- | nose; nasolacrimal duct |
| natri- | sodium; natriuretic |
| necr- | corpse; necrosis |
| nephyr- | kidney; nephron |
| neur-/neuri-/neuro- | nerve; neuromuscular |
| oculo- | eye; oculomotor |
| odont- | tooth; odontoid process |
| -oid | form, resemblance; odontoid process |
| oligo- | little, few; oligopeptide |
| -ology | the study of; physiology |
| -oma | swelling; carcinoma |
| onco- | mass, tumor; oncology |
| oo- | egg; oocyte |
| opthalm- | eye; opthalmic nerve |
| -opia | eye; myopia |
| orb- | a circle; orbicularis oris |
| orchi- | testis; orchiectomy |
| orth- | correct, straight; orthopedist |
| -osis | state, condition; neurosis |
| ost-/oste-/osteo- | bone; osteocyte |
| oto- | ear; otolith |
| para- | beyond; paraplegia |
| path-/-pathy/patho- | disease; pathology |
| pedia- | child; pediatrician |
| per- | through, throughout; percutaneous |
| peri- | around; perineurium |
| phago- | to eat; phagocyte |
| -phasia | speech; aphasia |
| -phil/-philia | love; hydropholic |
| phleb- | a vein; phlebitis |
| -phobia | fear; hydrophobic |
| phot-/photo- | light; photoreceptor |